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June 2017
Space economics - industry trends and space investing
... Impact of space policy In addition to capital sources, space policy can have a large impact on industry dynamics and the economics of space In addition to capital sources, space policy can have a large impact on industry dynamics and the economics of space.... angel capital and continuing on the capital lifecycle fly wheel. Space policy can also be helpful in terms of protecting intellectual and property rights. For example, Planetary Resources, a...
November 2016
Microgravity and space research: Bringing the commercial market into focus
...step with a few innovators and early adopters, this alone will not allow for the creation of a market. The reusability of launchers will have a significant impact in the price of ...and space research - worlds that seldom interact but that could generate great value by working together. To realise this, a first objective is to make the microgravity environment a research tool for investigators, scientists and companies, particularly in life sciences...
October 2017
Managing air and space traffic from orbit
...part of the global commons (which covers Earth’s unowned natural resources, such as the oceans, the atmosphere and space). Eighteen annexes to the Chicago Convention covering all aspects of aviation have been made by ICAO. As ...surveillance, since it will give full coverage of Earth’s surface including ocean and polar regions, and also near space for both air and space traffic management in one device, along with meeting the requirements of the ...
May 2017
World needs strong space governance system
... exploitation of natural space resources, growing military and strategic uses of space, and the contamination of both Earth and space environments - remain without specific regulatory control and guidance. Space matters for everyone and it is our...Prof Dr Ram S. Jakhu is the Director of the Institute of Air and Space Law and the Centre for Research in Air and Space Law of McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He possesses professional experience of ...
August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
...space science using small spacecraft looks bright. We are clearly at the bottom of the growth curve but the pace of change in this area is accelerating, and a lot of innovation is happening across the community. The two factors... on many mission concepts across Earth Science, Planetary Science and Astrophysics. He also teaches Aerospace Engineering (with a focus on nanosats), Systems Engineering and Program Management at the California Institute ...
March 2016
Why We Need Space Artists
...factor in the public’s rapid disenchantment with the space programme? Space hotel with zero-g stadium and super-shuttles (Gouache + digital). From ‘Futures: 50 Years in Space’ by David A Hardy & Patrick Moore, 2004 Throughout the 1950s, science fiction and... in Canyonlands, Utah, the Crimea, Yellowstone Park, the Grand Canyon and Meteor Crater, Arizona, and so on; nearly all ‘planetary analogues’. In a sense, they are following in the footsteps of ...
September 2017
Europe needs facility to handle extra-terrestrial space material
...from a monitor room. The EURO-CARES consortium is composed of planetary science researchers and curators, biosafety specialists, and engineers, from all parts of Europe (www.euro-cares.eu). There... different expertises and opinions should come together. References 1 1COSPAR (2002). COSPAR Planetary Protection Policy. 4 p. 2 Space Studies Board (2002). The quarantine and certification of Martian samples. Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration ...
February 2017
Growing space agency dilemma
...thinking can combine planetary defence with designing and deploying space technology and systems that can also help reveal the mysteries of the universe and allow space science to be developed as well. What the Asgardia space nation can add ...might appear seconds before impacting Earth. So what should the space agencies of the world be doing? The chart on this page is a draft ‘Manifesto on Cosmic Hazards and Planetary Defence’ that outlines ...
January 2018
Cosmic cocktails and galactic moonshine
...blood wine. Creators of science fiction clearly have difficulty imagining a world without alcohol and science fiction novels have a multitude of treatments for space drinks, interplanetary beer and colourful saloons in space. Whether it is drinking...on Mars’, based at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. According to planetary scientist Dr Chris McKay, a team member of the initiative, “It is known that potatoes can grow...
